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the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says they do. let's discuss what's going on in our strategy session. joining us the democratic strategist donna brazill. the republican strategist anna navarro both cnn political contributors. here is the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell. here is the sound bite. don't tell me democrats are the party of the future when their presidential ticket for 2016 is shaping up to look like a re-run of "the golden girls." you know, we got rand paul, marco rubio, paul ryan, and a slew of smart, young, and energetic governors ready to take america into the future. and the other guys got hillary and joe biden. >> he's laughing but does he have a point? >> absolutely not. first of all the theme of that wonderful sitcom was thank you for being a friend. mitch mcconnell will take miami because as you well know that is where the tv series was based. we'll take the senior vote, women's vote. but you know what? mitch mcconnell is running scared so trying to make it up as he goes along. >> he may have his
the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says they do. let's discuss what's going on in our strategy session. joining us the democratic strategist donna brazill. the republican strategist anna navarro both cnn political contributors. here is the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell. here is the sound bite. don't tell me democrats are the party of the future when their presidential ticket for 2016 is shaping up to look like a re-run of "the golden girls." you know, we got...
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you agree with mitchell -- mitch mcconnell on that? >> i actually don't, i think the primary spendi needs to be on spending cuts. we have to make social security sustainably solvent, and there is lots of work to do on the spending side. and we haven't had enough discussions on the debate. >> we can't leave this mess to the next generation, just ahead, the warning from erskine bowles, as my tour continues. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. . >>> the panel of the erskine bowles tried to steer them to the fact of fiscal stability, but they didn't listen. more now of my exclusive interview. would you like to be the trea
you agree with mitchell -- mitch mcconnell on that? >> i actually don't, i think the primary spendi needs to be on spending cuts. we have to make social security sustainably solvent, and there is lots of work to do on the spending side. and we haven't had enough discussions on the debate. >> we can't leave this mess to the next generation, just ahead, the warning from erskine bowles, as my tour continues. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game....
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mitch mcconnell is vulnerable. i'm hoping that grimes runs against him. he is vulnerable and, but, even if he isn't beaten, it would be nice to keep him in kentucky for the next race so he isn't running around the country helping other senate republicans as far as i'm concerned as far as you know, hillary, when did she decide she wasn't going to run? >> over the last ten days i would say it gelled more. it was quite serious. >> do you know why, the bottom line as far as her decision not to challenge mitch mcconnell? >> the reasons dana reported were accurate reasons. the timing wasn't right. she has a lot of other things going on. she'll be formidible. she is extraordinarily intelligent and got a lot of outpouring of support. >> she did get a lot of support. gary, what is your reaction? >> wolf, i think she is clearly no al franken. it was always going to be a tough road. she was going to run on bringing hollywood values to the heartland. she hasn't established residency in kentucky. she is a long-time tense yann. there were big, tough issues to overcome.
mitch mcconnell is vulnerable. i'm hoping that grimes runs against him. he is vulnerable and, but, even if he isn't beaten, it would be nice to keep him in kentucky for the next race so he isn't running around the country helping other senate republicans as far as i'm concerned as far as you know, hillary, when did she decide she wasn't going to run? >> over the last ten days i would say it gelled more. it was quite serious. >> do you know why, the bottom line as far as her decision...
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mitch mcconnell in the senate, who spoke about the proposed cuts. listen to this. >> their whole goal here is not to solve the problem. it is to have a show boat that is designed to fail. call it a day and wait for someone else to pick up the pieces. well, my message this morning is really quite simple. there wouldn't be any easy off ramps on this one. the days of 11th hour negotiations are over. washington democrats have gotten used to republicans bailing them out of their own lack of responsibility. but those days have passed. >> all right, so dana, they're eyeball to eyeball right now. and it potentially looks very ugly. >> reporter: absolutely, you know, the bottom line is what you're seeing now are the residual effects of the house speaker, he felt like he got burned. and his failed attempts over and over to cut deals with president obama over the past couple of years. and so what you're seeing are republicans, particularly in the house, throwing their hands up, saying you know, we already passed a bill a couple of times to replace the sequeste
mitch mcconnell in the senate, who spoke about the proposed cuts. listen to this. >> their whole goal here is not to solve the problem. it is to have a show boat that is designed to fail. call it a day and wait for someone else to pick up the pieces. well, my message this morning is really quite simple. there wouldn't be any easy off ramps on this one. the days of 11th hour negotiations are over. washington democrats have gotten used to republicans bailing them out of their own lack of...
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mitch mcconnell also filed a friend of the court brief. president obama weighed in opposed. >> there aren't a lot of functioning democracies around the world that work this way where you can basically have millionaires and billionaires bank rolling whoever they want, however they want. in some cases, undisclosed. and what it means is ordinary americans are shut out of the process. >> reporter: the limits are supposed to keep corruption or the appearance of it out of politics. in court, justice elaina kagen said somebody who gives lots of money would give somebody a very, very special place at the table. mccutchen says he's not trying to buy politics. >> it's likely that the members of the court are going to view this as too much an infringement on your rights to participate in the process. >> reporter: the idea, when it comes to the first amendment, the law should not discriminate, even against the wealthiest 2% of americans. >> interesting case. thanks very much joe johns for that. let's dig a little deeper with jeffrey toobin. what do yo
mitch mcconnell also filed a friend of the court brief. president obama weighed in opposed. >> there aren't a lot of functioning democracies around the world that work this way where you can basically have millionaires and billionaires bank rolling whoever they want, however they want. in some cases, undisclosed. and what it means is ordinary americans are shut out of the process. >> reporter: the limits are supposed to keep corruption or the appearance of it out of politics. in...
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are you suggesting that mitch mcconnell and fellow republicans in the senate were drunk when she voted on this last night? >> of course not. i was having a little fun with you, wolf. it was after midnight t was a piece of legislation intended to be passable. not necessarily to be right. and this was in fact something that joe biden found a way to get the art of the possible. send something to the senate that the house could consider. now it's in the house. what we find missing from it sl any kind of reasonable spending reduction, something that the house has dealt with in committee. we've bubbled it up. we have a lot of figures. quite frankly, the lack of sequestration, the idea that in two months, in addition to this, we'll be dealing with the cliff in defense and sequestration and the cliff in the sense that we don't raise the debt limit, i think they could easily be dealt with today. i'm with eric cantor. this bill in its present form is not good enough and the american people are smart enough to know that what you don't pay today and owe tomorrow, you'll have to pay tomorrow. >> we
are you suggesting that mitch mcconnell and fellow republicans in the senate were drunk when she voted on this last night? >> of course not. i was having a little fun with you, wolf. it was after midnight t was a piece of legislation intended to be passable. not necessarily to be right. and this was in fact something that joe biden found a way to get the art of the possible. send something to the senate that the house could consider. now it's in the house. what we find missing from it sl...
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mcconnell's. i think he's doing a good job. the best thing he can do is be a good leader in the senate right now. do your job well and that's your best safeguard to a primary or to a tough challenge and the bottom line is, if you look at the entire ad, it's not about ashley judd. there was an enormous amount of candidate who is are saying that they want to run against him. a lot of them who are whacky, one of them likes to wear a top hat a lot, a lot of them like to refer to her as ones who are saying they don't want to run, who would be the more serious candidates, the lieutenant governor, some congresspeople, et cetera. so this is not the add of a scared person. this is the ad of a confident person. >> ana and paul -- hold up, paul, unfortunately, we're up against the clock, so we can't continue, but we will, one of these days. thank you. coming up, by the way, in our next hour, it sounds like something out of a movie. $50 million in diamonds stolen in a shocking heist. we're going to be right b
mcconnell's. i think he's doing a good job. the best thing he can do is be a good leader in the senate right now. do your job well and that's your best safeguard to a primary or to a tough challenge and the bottom line is, if you look at the entire ad, it's not about ashley judd. there was an enormous amount of candidate who is are saying that they want to run against him. a lot of them who are whacky, one of them likes to wear a top hat a lot, a lot of them like to refer to her as ones who are...
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>> reporter: our producer said he saw mitch mcconnell, the cincinnati minority leader, leave capitol hill to head to the white house. you're exactly right. the wheels are in motion. the question is whether or not the wheels will take this train anywhere because from what i understand behind the scenes there is still pretty much nothing more than stalemate, wolf. i was told by a source close to harry reid in a conversation that he had with speaker john boehner this morning. boehner made clear in private what he's said in public, that he cannot move the pass a bill that funds the entire government without at least some give on the part of democrats on obama care. i'm waiting to hear back from the speaker's aides to see what their perspective of that conversation is. but it gives you a sense of how entrenched they are for real. slinging barbs at each other but also behind the scenes. >> what's the latest on the piecemeal legislation that the gop, the republican lawmakers of the house, are pushing to fund various critically important parts of the government but not fund the whole thing?
>> reporter: our producer said he saw mitch mcconnell, the cincinnati minority leader, leave capitol hill to head to the white house. you're exactly right. the wheels are in motion. the question is whether or not the wheels will take this train anywhere because from what i understand behind the scenes there is still pretty much nothing more than stalemate, wolf. i was told by a source close to harry reid in a conversation that he had with speaker john boehner this morning. boehner made...
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if you ask john boehner or mitch mcconnell, they believe the size of government, debt and deficit is is the biggest issues. and if you listen to the speech yesterday, he made only passing references to that. talk of immigration reform, many republicans including the speaker want to work with the president on that but if he talks a lot publicly, it puts pressure on the conservative base which any legal status is amnesty. the president also talking about gun control and gun rights, just talked to tom fuentes, it stretches the political coalition. the things that the president highlighted and spend more time on his inauguration address, the republicans are saying now you see the real obama. now that he doesn't have to face the voters in four years, he's going to move to the left and gay rights, gun control, grassroots that stress the republican coalition and likely to strain an already difficult relationship between the president and leaders and the man we're about to hear from john boehner is most important because he runs the house. >> i heard from a few republicans. they thought afte
if you ask john boehner or mitch mcconnell, they believe the size of government, debt and deficit is is the biggest issues. and if you listen to the speech yesterday, he made only passing references to that. talk of immigration reform, many republicans including the speaker want to work with the president on that but if he talks a lot publicly, it puts pressure on the conservative base which any legal status is amnesty. the president also talking about gun control and gun rights, just talked to...
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his senior senator mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans, voting no here. in the old days, wolf, the leader would have voted yes. maybe given a speechlition all the reasons to complain about this, but saying it's the best deal we can get. we need to move on. it tells you a lot about the current political environment. a lot of the no votes are either about 2014, mitch mcconnell has a tea party challenge, lindsey graham has a tea party challenge and rand paul and ted cruz thinking about 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> you think? >> i know you agree, but you weren't surprised by all the yays among republicans, a lot of republicans who decided to bolt from that and join boehner in the house and join paul ryan in the house and vote in favor of what is clearly a compromise. >> like john mccain, for example, and we really don't see him split from lindsey graham very much. >> yes. >> they are usually joined at hip. in this case lindsey graham, as you're pointing out, faces a tough fight in his re-election and mccain was from the let's just get something done caucus th
his senior senator mitch mcconnell, the leader of the republicans, voting no here. in the old days, wolf, the leader would have voted yes. maybe given a speechlition all the reasons to complain about this, but saying it's the best deal we can get. we need to move on. it tells you a lot about the current political environment. a lot of the no votes are either about 2014, mitch mcconnell has a tea party challenge, lindsey graham has a tea party challenge and rand paul and ted cruz thinking about...
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something has to give, and i know that the speaker john boehner called and mitch mcconnell called the speaker, and anything emerge? >> well, we are not reading out of the comments, but we have made it clear and made it clear publicly so i can make it quite obviously that the president's position is that he supports efforts in the senate and the house to buy down the sequester and delay it and make sure it does not happen in a balanced way and a mixture of spending cuts and revenues. he has left on the table the offer that john boehner left on the table late last year which is additional revenues through tax reform, but also tough spending cuts and entitlement reforms, and here is the thing that perplexing to us, wolf, you remember last year in the negotiations in december, the speaker of the house said he could come up with $800 billion or $1 trillion in tax revenue closing loopholes or eliminating or capping deductions for wealthy individuals and corporations with the special tax breaks. he said he could do that then, but he won't do it now. it makes no sense. instead, rather than do
something has to give, and i know that the speaker john boehner called and mitch mcconnell called the speaker, and anything emerge? >> well, we are not reading out of the comments, but we have made it clear and made it clear publicly so i can make it quite obviously that the president's position is that he supports efforts in the senate and the house to buy down the sequester and delay it and make sure it does not happen in a balanced way and a mixture of spending cuts and revenues. he...
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. >> mitch mcconnell has a primary, potentially. >> he hasn't exactly said how he's going to vote on this. >> think he will vote no? >> probably. >> so you have senate republicans who are running scared of members of their own party. >> i think that's right. the politics have changed but it's about who has ownership over the deal. a year ago when mcdonnell and biden had a handshake and a deal the senate was this august institution where the republicans and democrats got together and joined hands. now this isn't mcconnell's deal. it's murray who negotiated with the house republicans and consummated this, and add to that when you just talked about -- >> mitch mcconnell didn't want this to be his deal, by the way. he stayed as far away as he could. >> because he's dealing with a primary challenge. >> the other dynamic among democrats is that i mentioned mark pryor, who is probably one of the most endangered democrats. >> from arkansas. >> from arkansas, very tough race, he's a yes, i'm told by democratic sources that you're probably going to see the most on the left because they're very
. >> mitch mcconnell has a primary, potentially. >> he hasn't exactly said how he's going to vote on this. >> think he will vote no? >> probably. >> so you have senate republicans who are running scared of members of their own party. >> i think that's right. the politics have changed but it's about who has ownership over the deal. a year ago when mcdonnell and biden had a handshake and a deal the senate was this august institution where the republicans and...
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do you agree with mitch mcconnell on that? >> i actually don't. i think the primary focus has to be on spending cuts. you know, we have got to slow the growth of health care and we've got to do more in the discretionary front. there's lots of work to be done on the spending side and we haven't had enough discussion cans on that to date. >> would you like to be the treasury secretary? >> no. >> that's a pretty blunt answer. you've seen your name floated out there as a possible successor to timothy geithner. >> and the reason i say that is, look, i'm 67 years old. i've been gone from home for over a dozen years doing various public service things and i've got nine grandchildren under 7. >> how disappointed were you that the president rejected the simpson/bowles recommendations? >> well, look, i was disappointed at the time but i came to understand that what he was doing was his goal was to use it as a framework for his discussions that he he had with he felt that was a way to be successful. if right, he would have been a political genius. unfortunat
do you agree with mitch mcconnell on that? >> i actually don't. i think the primary focus has to be on spending cuts. you know, we have got to slow the growth of health care and we've got to do more in the discretionary front. there's lots of work to be done on the spending side and we haven't had enough discussion cans on that to date. >> would you like to be the treasury secretary? >> no. >> that's a pretty blunt answer. you've seen your name floated out there as a...
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mcconnell and hammering out a compromise? >> reporter: but house gop leadership aides wasted no time on hitting the white house for waiting for the last minute. one asking why the president scheduled a meeting friday, "when the sequester hits at midnight on thursday? either someone needs to buy the white house a calendar or this is just a belated farce. they ought to at least pretend to try." that led to some confusion and a bizarre back and forth, not about how to stop the cuts, but about when the cuts take effect. >> the sequester believes, i believe, midnight on the first of march. well, actually, it happens before, because it happens moon midnight. >> what do you mean -- >> no, it begins midnight march 1st. >> reporter: that prompted this tweet from the speaker's spokesman. "white house waits until sequester arrives to call meeting, ten months after house called a plan. then args whether cuts start in morning or at night." here's the real deal, the president does have until 11:59 p.m. the end of the day friday to sign an
mcconnell and hammering out a compromise? >> reporter: but house gop leadership aides wasted no time on hitting the white house for waiting for the last minute. one asking why the president scheduled a meeting friday, "when the sequester hits at midnight on thursday? either someone needs to buy the white house a calendar or this is just a belated farce. they ought to at least pretend to try." that led to some confusion and a bizarre back and forth, not about how to stop the...
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so far the source says she has not pulled the trigger. >> mitch mcconnell is 40% behind in the polls. lots of states, that's vulnerable. i am told he is always behind when he wins re-election. their side, they are thinking bring on ashley judd. she lives in nashville. she would have to move, they could make the carpet bagger argument. >> does mcconnell have to worry about that. >> the odds are if you're a republican you're more likely to get beaten. republicans say it is proof no credible democrat with pedigree in politics is willing to run against mcconnell. mcconnell people are salivating at this. she called consultants, having conversations, hasn't taken the final step. people that a month ago said she will blink are saying hmm. >> thanks for coming in. we will see you at 4:00 p.m. eastern starting next monday, i believe. "the situation room" will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. >> right next door in the studio next door. >> try to keep it down. >>> new york's sugary drink ban stopped hours before it was supposed to take effect. we are standing by for a live news conference with the
so far the source says she has not pulled the trigger. >> mitch mcconnell is 40% behind in the polls. lots of states, that's vulnerable. i am told he is always behind when he wins re-election. their side, they are thinking bring on ashley judd. she lives in nashville. she would have to move, they could make the carpet bagger argument. >> does mcconnell have to worry about that. >> the odds are if you're a republican you're more likely to get beaten. republicans say it is proof...
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career washington politician mitch mcconnell claims to be a conservative. >> reporter: mindful of recent history, he's runs as if scared. >> bevin's company got a tax bailout. not a kentucky conservative. >> newspapers say claims he graduated from prestigious m.i.t. >> reporter: at his events, a hard line against the president. >> solution is to pull it out, root and branch. >> reporter: mcconnell opposes a tea party backed plan to risk a government shutdown if that's what it takes. he hopes his new sidekick helps limit backlash. democrat allison grimes is well acare that kentucky hasn't september a democrat to the senate in 20 years now. we've had trouble in our state with identifying with the national democratic party, and i will tell you that i am running as a kentuckyian. you know, i have my disagreements with the president. >> campaigns as though mcconnell will survive the primary. >> it's about ending the disease of dysfunction in washington, and after merely 30 years senator mcconnell is at the center of it. he is to blame for the failed leadership. >> reporter: the mcconned campa
career washington politician mitch mcconnell claims to be a conservative. >> reporter: mindful of recent history, he's runs as if scared. >> bevin's company got a tax bailout. not a kentucky conservative. >> newspapers say claims he graduated from prestigious m.i.t. >> reporter: at his events, a hard line against the president. >> solution is to pull it out, root and branch. >> reporter: mcconnell opposes a tea party backed plan to risk a government shutdown...
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so if the -- but republicans like mitch mcconnell are all but accusing mr. obama of lying. >> i think it's pretty clear what the president said is not accurate. and we have to assume that the president knew what he was saying. >> if you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan. >> reporter: a conservative group is running this ad on social media, linking mcconnell's opponent in next year's midterm elections to the president. >> when liberals don't tell the truth, kentucky gets burned. >> reporter: the other fire the white house is fighting is the implementation of the law itself. as new documents released by house republicans reveal, the war room was scrambling over the last month to confront mounting consumer frustrations. the government's navigators were seeing people very frustrated and walking away. all of which may impact those crucial enrollment numbers. earlier today, the head of medicare and medicaid who was overseeing the rollout of obama care said that the administration expected to see about 800,000 people enrolled bethe end
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including the top two republicans in the senate, the senate leaders, one of whom, mitch mcconnell, has been a leader on trying to find compromise on fiscal issues over the past few years, much to the chagrin of some of the conservatives. not so now. the primary reason, he certainly wouldn't admit this publicly, but a primary reason is because first and foremost, he has to make sure that he doesn't lose his seat because there is a republican running against him from the right urging him not to compromise and that is very much what you see from others. again, it really does help inform and explain a large part of the dynamic that has been going on here on fiscal issues in the republican party over the past couple years. '. >> given the fact they got over this procedural hurdle today, that filibuster, it will pass tomorrow, it will go to the president. he will sign it into law, there won't be a government shutdown in january or at the beginning of the next fiscal year in october so this two-year deal, it will now be the law of the land. >> reporter: it certainly is heading that way for su
including the top two republicans in the senate, the senate leaders, one of whom, mitch mcconnell, has been a leader on trying to find compromise on fiscal issues over the past few years, much to the chagrin of some of the conservatives. not so now. the primary reason, he certainly wouldn't admit this publicly, but a primary reason is because first and foremost, he has to make sure that he doesn't lose his seat because there is a republican running against him from the right urging him not to...
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and even the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who has been historically somebody who has tried to sort of calm the conservative waters, on this, he has a primary challenge as well. he is saying we want to extract something also. so the first thing that has to happen and will happen over the next month or so is republicans have to figure out what they want, get on the same page, and that is not going to be a pretty process internally. >> a lot of republicans privately don't want a big battle because they also think it would detract from their successful efforts on obamacare in scoring political points on that front. >> exactly right. that is one of the main reasons why at the end of the government shutdown, republicans said enough, already, we're going to basically uncle because they were convinced that they wanted to get back to obamacare because that was doing so poorly, they were stepping on their message. going into 2014, the election year, bar none, every republican thinks that that is going to be their winning message and you're exactly right, a fight over the de
and even the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who has been historically somebody who has tried to sort of calm the conservative waters, on this, he has a primary challenge as well. he is saying we want to extract something also. so the first thing that has to happen and will happen over the next month or so is republicans have to figure out what they want, get on the same page, and that is not going to be a pretty process internally. >> a lot of republicans privately...
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now, in the case of mitch mcconnell, he did warn early on many people wouldn't listen to him that tea party applicants were getting inappropriate questions, unfair delays. clearly he's trying to capitalize in his own reelection campaign, never mind the respecifics. can you argue the white house may have been guilty of jumping to conclusions. they tried to brush it off arguing it was just limited to employees in the cincinnati office. it abundantly clear that's not true. this is really the important point. so far these are washington bureaucrats, not obama political operatives. >> good explanation. dana, thanks very much. let's get a little more with our chief political correspondent, candy crowley and zek miller, editor for "time" magazine. this is the president speaking out on phony scandals. >> they don't think that's a probl problem. the point is with an endless distraction of political posturing and phony scandals and lord knows what, washington keeps taking its eye off the ball. >> so he's trying to deflect right now. that's why he launched these series of speeches today, earlier
now, in the case of mitch mcconnell, he did warn early on many people wouldn't listen to him that tea party applicants were getting inappropriate questions, unfair delays. clearly he's trying to capitalize in his own reelection campaign, never mind the respecifics. can you argue the white house may have been guilty of jumping to conclusions. they tried to brush it off arguing it was just limited to employees in the cincinnati office. it abundantly clear that's not true. this is really the...
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senate minority lead are mitch mcconnell says the proposal -- >> doesn't exactly qualify as news. it's a further left version of a widely panned plan he already proposed two years ago. >> reporter: wolf, the white house argues it shouldn't matter whether these proposals are new. what should matter is whether they help americans and the white house argues they do. so why unveil this at an amazon warehouse? amazon pays their warehouse workers about $24,000 a year, that's just above the bofpovert line. you can't have everything. wolf? >> thanks very much. we're going to get reaction from the president's address later this paul from rand paul. now to the afternoon's verdict in the court martial of army private first class bradley manning. he was found guilty of most of the charges. but manning was found not guilty of the most serious charge, including aiding the enemy, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. let's bring in our senior legal analyst jeffrey tubin. the charge was he gave information to the enemy, albeit not directly. not guilty on that charge, the most seriou
senate minority lead are mitch mcconnell says the proposal -- >> doesn't exactly qualify as news. it's a further left version of a widely panned plan he already proposed two years ago. >> reporter: wolf, the white house argues it shouldn't matter whether these proposals are new. what should matter is whether they help americans and the white house argues they do. so why unveil this at an amazon warehouse? amazon pays their warehouse workers about $24,000 a year, that's just above...
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. >> last november, top gop leaders, house speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell turned down invitations from president obama for a special screening of the film lincoln at the white house. the spokesman for boehner said the invite came at short notice. the offer was just too last minute. so far, it's a political romance story with no happy ending in sight. a boehner spokesman tells cnn the speaker takes the president secretary for his word that the president does not view this latest round of outreach as a joke and the proof will be in the followthrough. meanwhile, republicans are finding some humor and what the white house calls its balanced plan to reduce the federal budget to gop leaders say, the budget according to the white house's plan will never be balanced. >> if the president was supposed to release his own budget he's not going do it now until early april? why the delay, why didn't he do it on time? >> reporter: they're saying a lot of this was kicked back, wolf, because of dealing with the fiscal cliff, that dealing with that budget crisis really pushed back their work on cra
. >> last november, top gop leaders, house speaker john boehner and mitch mcconnell turned down invitations from president obama for a special screening of the film lincoln at the white house. the spokesman for boehner said the invite came at short notice. the offer was just too last minute. so far, it's a political romance story with no happy ending in sight. a boehner spokesman tells cnn the speaker takes the president secretary for his word that the president does not view this latest...
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i think if you listen to the words that are being said and you listen to mitch mcconnell's comments in the past, you listen to a lot of people on our side of the aisle, again, republicans want to see tax reform take place. we think it's one of the things that can really drive economic growth in our country. so, if you look at potential additional revenue through tax reform and you look at entitlement reform that's really solving this problem, i don't think you're really hearing that much differentiation between people speaking. so, i'd listen closely. i think people are open to economic growth, and we, obviously, want to see that and the revenues that come from that and tax reform can help generate that. again, i'm listening to a lot of folks, and i do think there is an overlap that's good enough for us to begin some discussions that could bear fruit. >> senator, i want to get your take on this autopsy that came out this morning, the rnc put this out looking back at the 2012 presidential election. one of the things that you can read in this is an emphasis on changing, not the message,
i think if you listen to the words that are being said and you listen to mitch mcconnell's comments in the past, you listen to a lot of people on our side of the aisle, again, republicans want to see tax reform take place. we think it's one of the things that can really drive economic growth in our country. so, if you look at potential additional revenue through tax reform and you look at entitlement reform that's really solving this problem, i don't think you're really hearing that much...
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mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus in a meeting and the same for the house speaker, he told some of his colleagues as well. i just bumped into a lawmaker saying the speaker was relaying the incident, and it's not the first time the blank word has been used in the halls of the white house and congress, and it shows the fact that we are at january 2nd, and congress really has not gone home. >> what kind of relationship, dana, has these two men had, the speaker of the house and senate majority leader over the years? >> reporter: at times it was productive, a year and a half ago the first real showdown we had when boehner became speaker was about keeping the congress open, the governm
mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus in a meeting and the same for the house...
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but mitch mcconnell, the house speaker john boehner, they made this choice. sometimes there's a little bit of a debate, who should we choose. they said there was no debate. they think he's the right messenger at this time. they think he helps the republican party, wolf, in 2013 and 2014 begin, what they concede, is a very complicated and rebuilding process. number one, they think he's a good communicator. number two, he will talk about smaller government. this will not be a traditional response. he's going to try to give a speech about this is the republican message and will draw some polite but very strong contrasts and will say that they hope to work with the president on immigration. >> is there a downside to this? >> there can be. a, how many of these can you remember? both chambers of congress are there, supreme court is there, there's a lot of applause. it's a big event. then somebody has to step in front of the camera in a quiet room and give a response. so the optics are just never as good as any president, democrat or republican. bobby jindal, bob mc
but mitch mcconnell, the house speaker john boehner, they made this choice. sometimes there's a little bit of a debate, who should we choose. they said there was no debate. they think he's the right messenger at this time. they think he helps the republican party, wolf, in 2013 and 2014 begin, what they concede, is a very complicated and rebuilding process. number one, they think he's a good communicator. number two, he will talk about smaller government. this will not be a traditional...
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mcconnell. they had good conversations, we are told. i don't know if anything was achieved. but 24 hours ago when dan pfeiffer, the white house senior adviser was here, i said to him, why doesn't the president at least pink up the phone and call these guys, get together the way tip o'neil used to do, the way ron neld reagan used to do and work out a deal? >> and the answer to that is serve still jockeying. the president and folks that i've talked to at the white house are very concerned about the potential impact this could have on the economy. if you go over this deadline and these furloughs really start taking effect, don't forget, it's not as if on march 1 everything kicks in. it's going to be gradual. but at some point somebody is going to lose this fight and it could well be the american people. so the president did pick up the phone. the question is whether it's going to have any real impact. >> i hope it it does. >> i hope they will go over to the white house and get involved in real nego
mcconnell. they had good conversations, we are told. i don't know if anything was achieved. but 24 hours ago when dan pfeiffer, the white house senior adviser was here, i said to him, why doesn't the president at least pink up the phone and call these guys, get together the way tip o'neil used to do, the way ron neld reagan used to do and work out a deal? >> and the answer to that is serve still jockeying. the president and folks that i've talked to at the white house are very concerned...
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there's going to be a battle between john boehner and mitch mcconnell. here's a washington post poll that just came out. do you approve of the budget negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff were handled? 52% agree with the president handled and only 31%, john boehner. ari, who has more political capital going into this next round? >> well, on a poll like that, john boehner is not known by 100% of the country. so it's not as indicative of that poll. the president is more popular than the congress and the president has more leverage than the congress does. at the end of the day, though, we're all in one nation and have to do something about this debt to save our children from it being such a burden. that still requires everyone to come together. no matter how you slice it, the republican hand is a weaker one, the president's is a stronger one. >> does he have any hand right now when it comes to raising the nation's debt ceiling? i'm talking about john boehner and the republicans giving the enormous consequences of failure to do so for the overall u.s. econo
there's going to be a battle between john boehner and mitch mcconnell. here's a washington post poll that just came out. do you approve of the budget negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff were handled? 52% agree with the president handled and only 31%, john boehner. ari, who has more political capital going into this next round? >> well, on a poll like that, john boehner is not known by 100% of the country. so it's not as indicative of that poll. the president is more popular than the...
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. >> the ad, from the karl rove-led group american crossroads, mitch mcconnell has already launched his 2014 re-election can campaign. >> the reason you are here today is because they want to take me out. >> saying he wanted to make president obama a one-term president, mcconnell is saying that democrats are coming after him. but with a movie star, he wouldn't comment. >> i'm not going to start saying who might be an opponent. i have no idea. what i do think is the party is going to make sure i have one. >> judd could be a serious contender. she's made a name for herself and spoke at the party's convention last year. >> there's rich history of actors making a move to politics. ronald reagan went from hollywood to president. >> but judd is only one of a number of new targets for rove who will take on gop candidates deemed too conservative to win statewide races, thinks such losing candidates as christine o'donnell and todd akin and sfeef king considering his own senate bid sent out an e-mail saying rove is launching attacks at me. >> if we have a chance to launch a seat, we don't want a
. >> the ad, from the karl rove-led group american crossroads, mitch mcconnell has already launched his 2014 re-election can campaign. >> the reason you are here today is because they want to take me out. >> saying he wanted to make president obama a one-term president, mcconnell is saying that democrats are coming after him. but with a movie star, he wouldn't comment. >> i'm not going to start saying who might be an opponent. i have no idea. what i do think is the party...
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their leader mitch mcconnell and the president both called a 90-minute meeting great. >> great meeting. then the president was off to meet with house democrats, wrapping up what's dubbed his charm offensive. it also included a closed-door session with house republicans. >> joining us now from thrill, eric cantor is the majority leader of the house of representatives. mr. leader, thanks very much for coming in. >> appreciate it, wolf. >> i want you to listen carefully to what the president said last night at one of his supporters' meetings here in washington. listen to this. >> over the last several weeks, the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. well, the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobbledygook of our politics here. and i do believe that, you know, that at this juncture, one of the things i believe is that we've got to get members of congress involved in these discussions, not just leadership. >> all right. well, you're the leadership, mr. leader. what do you
their leader mitch mcconnell and the president both called a 90-minute meeting great. >> great meeting. then the president was off to meet with house democrats, wrapping up what's dubbed his charm offensive. it also included a closed-door session with house republicans. >> joining us now from thrill, eric cantor is the majority leader of the house of representatives. mr. leader, thanks very much for coming in. >> appreciate it, wolf. >> i want you to listen carefully to...